[Hyrule: Year 1012 New Hylian era (NH)]
In the land of Hyrule stands a temple. A monument to the Goddesses, standing over ten floors tall plus a basement. Known as the Temple of Time, it is the bind that ties the flow of history and future into a single, coherent stream. In this temple, there stands the princess-turned-queen, Zelda. After the death of her father, she took the throne and began improving her kingdom since Ganandorf's takeover. Hearing the call of the Goddesses, she entered the temple and proceeded to the Chamber of the Sages. Within its walls she heard grave news. The Goddesses presented themselves to here in a translucent presence. Din, the Goddess of Power and Substance, sat in the air before Queen Zelda on a magnificent throne of fire, very business-like. Nayru, the Goddess of Courage and Life, sat floating as well, though more relaxed, fingers entwined with each other over her knees as she sat cross-legged on a throne of ice. Farore, the Goddess of Wisdom, Law and Order, sat on a floating throne of wood and leaves, somewhere between business and casualness.
"The future is grim, young ruler of Hyrule," Din said.
"Much destruction will come to your world," Nayru added.
"Chaos will engulf the world if action is not taken." Farore finished.
"I seek your wisdom and guidance, Great Ones. What must I do to prevent what you have shown me?" Zelda asked.
After a vision of great metal behemoths destroying society and taking innocent lives needlessly, she wished with all her being to prevent it.
"We need someone of great skill and subtlety," Nayru replied.
"I will fetch Link, my Goddess."
"No!" Din yelled, holding her hand up to halt Zelda's rise to bring Link.
"We need someone else. Someone you've traveled with and have seen perform through her eyes. We need the Warrior Named of her People," Farore explained.
"The Warrior Named of her People?" Zelda asked.
"Yes," Nayru answered. "The one you call, 'Sheik'. We need her as a stealth operative in another era, hence meeting us at the Temple of Time."
"I understand." Zelda said, bowing.
"Come and lie on the alter," Farore said, pointing toward the Altar of the Spiritual Stones.
As Zelda lay there upon the altar, the Goddesses started chanting in ancient the Hylian tongue. Soon, Zelda felt a familiar presence, the warrior, Sheik All of a sudden, that familiarity turned to blistering, white hot, head-splitting pain. After a few seconds, which seemed an eternity, Sheik lay there on the altar next to Zelda.
"We've endowed Sheik with the knowledge of what must be done," one of the Goddesses said, though, which one, Zelda couldn't tell. Before passing out, she saw Sheik sucked up into a great beam of light.
[New York: Year: 2011 AD]
Snake rose from his bed. Checking clock on his nightstand, he realized he'd been woken up at-
"3:37 in the GOD DAMN MORNING, OTACON! This better be important!"
"It is, Snake. I've found intel pointing to a new model of Metal Gear, as well as picked up an unusual energy fluctuation in Manhattan. You know, by the bridge you jumped off a few years ago, breaking my stealth suit that I worked so hard on?"
"Yeah, yeah. I told you I was sorry a dozen time, now get to the point!"
"Right. This anomaly could be related to the new Metal Gear. I need you to investigate it. I have some gear laid-"
"Otacon?"
"Um, yes Snake?"
"I'm going to lie down, and go back to sleep, and you are going to send Raiden on this mission. Kid's good enough for something like this anyway."
"Snake! Wait! Raiden's too new to PHILANTHROPY, he can't do this!"
"Otacon! The kid's kept pace with me, snuck all over the Big Shell facility avoiding detection, guarded your sister-"
"Please don't bring that up, Snake."
"Fought off multiple Metal Gear RAY's, defeated Solidus in one on one combat, AND, he's got that cyber ninja get-up that you've been working on. Let him get even more experience, and me get some sleep."
"But Snake-!"
-CLICK-
"Okay, Raiden," Hal Emmerich, AKA Otacon, said. "You know your objectives?"
"Yes," Raiden replied, suiting up in his new cyborg ninja outfit. "PO (Primary Objective) one, get to the bridge and find the source of the energy flux. PO two, gather as much information about the cause and source of the flux, and any and all possible ties to the new Metal Gear it has. PO three, stay concealed. SO (Secondary Objective), capture and/or dispose of the cause of the flux."
"Good. Now, over here are your weapons. We have one high frequency blade, katana style sword with sheath re-enforced with a kevlar weave, one M9 Tranquilizer pistol, five clips of tranquilizer ammunition, two suppressers for the M9, four first aid kits that attach to links built in to the limbs of the suit, one digital camera capable of holding up to ten images, one pair of ten times zoom binoculars, and one tactical helmet to go with the suit. The sliding face shield can project an image of what you'd normally see so as not to obstruct your vision. It is also capable of generating a HUD which will tell you of any abnormalities with your suit, weather or not you're bleeding, how many possible enemies are around you, and how much ammo you have."
Raiden picked up his stuff as they were listed. When he picked up the helmet, he put it on.
"Sweet!" he declared as he got used to the green hue and his HUD.
"Move out, Raiden!" Otacon shouted, snapping Raiden out of his amusement.
Sheik appeared on the altar next to her prison, the princess, or rather, queen, Zelda. She had recalled long ago saying that her body and skill may be called on in the future. That was right before she had died. And while she said she could help in the future, she never said she'd be awakened and held in someone's mind long after a crisis had passed. And now that she'd been released after her long hiatus, she saw nothing but blinding light. Next she knew, she was outside in the rain. Looking around, she saw beams of steel rising and falling in a pattern on two ends of an extremely large bridge hanging over an expanse of water. Paying closer attention, she saw many carriages flying by without horses, yet no one was panicking.
"This place is weird."
Turning around, she saw a crate with the lid slightly open. Moving closer, Sheik removed the lid and found a cloak, umbrella, and a book. Putting on the cloak and opening the umbrella, Sheik took the book and started walking down the sidewalk. Fiddling with the handle of the umbrella, she found a switch to produce a stand for it. Sheik sat down and began reading the book. On the inside cover, there was a message for her.
'Sheik, we the Goddesses have sent you to a distant era to prevent a catastrophe. There is someone capable of averting the problems here, but there is an ancient evil from your era who has traveled here in an attempt to increase the issues, and plunge the world into darkness.'
"Must be Ganondorf again," Sheik thought aloud.
'It is not Ganondorf as you may think, though he is involved. For now, he's sent a scout to do the hard part and open a portal allowing him entrance to this era. If his plans succeed, your troubles will double if not triple. Link will not be able to help you, there is no Master Sword, and if you fail, the world will be forfeit to the King of Evil.'
"How original."
Raiden had reached the bridge and saw a few people walking and driving in cars. Nothing out of the ordinary, except a homeless person over there.
'Maybe they saw something,'
He began moving through the beams, staying out of any light. As he drew nearer to the homeless person, Raiden noticed a strange book. Taking out his binoculars, he zoomed in and found he couldn't read the cover. He took out the digital camera, and took a snap shot. Hooking it to the gizmo on his left wrist, he opened nanocommunications with Otacon and sent his picture.
"Good, Raiden," Otacon said. "I'll begin deciphering immediately. Stay on that person but don't be seen."
"Roger. Beginning trail."
As Sheik read on, she began feeling the presence of another nearby. Fearing the worst, she shut the book and started walking away. After a few minutes past the bridge and a few random turns, she made a conclusion.
'Yup, they're following me.'
"Where is this guy going?" Raiden asked himself. "He must be going somewhere important if he's taking such an unusual route."
He decided to call it in.
"Otacon, do you know where this guy's going?"
"I have no clue. Listen, I think I've just about cracked the language. If you find anything else, important, call."
"Right."
As he continued the trail, the stranger began to run.
"Huh?"
'What do they want?' Sheik thought as she ran down an ally. 'Gotta give 'em the slip.'
She saw a side ally and turned only to come to a dead end. Looking around, she saw a discarded brown box. Seeing the underside was opened, she lifted it and hid underneath.
